Vision of Britain | 1861 Census: Population summary

1861 Census of Ireland, The Census of Ireland for the Year 1861. Part I. Area, Population and Number of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions., Table [1] : " Area, population and number of houses".

Show top level table	Skreen	Show Meath IrlC table

Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area (Acres) [1]	Population					Houses
		In 1841	In 1851	In 1861			In 1841	In 1851	In 1861
		Persons [2]	Persons [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons [6]	Number [7]	Number [8]	Inhabited [9]	Uninhabited [10]	Building [11]	Total [12]
Skreen IrlBarony Total	40,892	9,456	7,276	2,909	2,970	5,879	1,647	1,364	1,108	71	1	1,180
Danestown IrlPar	1,643	254	253	92	111	203	39	42	39	3	0	42
Trevet IrlPar	4,170	416	285	131	106	237	71	54	42	0	0	42
Ardmulchan IrlPar	3,582	1,038	818	332	311	643	178	153	119	10	0	129
Athlumney IrlPar	2,454	1,269	1,150	402	551	953	250	217	194	17	0	211
Brownstown IrlPar	1,199	421	204	96	94	190	64	38	34	3	0	37
Cushinstown IrlPar	1,200	366	268	112	100	212	73	59	46	3	0	49
Dowdstown IrlPar	869	280	198	49	62	111	53	38	23	3	0	26
Dunsany IrlPar	964	175	131	82	75	157	31	29	27	4	0	31
Follistown IrlPar	653	138	115	40	32	72	27	24	16	0	0	16
Kilcarn IrlPar	2,337	600	422	165	160	325	102	80	62	4	0	66
Killeen IrlPar	3,347	580	444	198	213	411	93	77	65	3	0	68
Kilmoon IrlPar	1,834	639	523	192	186	378	113	106	71	3	0	74
Lismullin IrlPar	939	150	219	97	98	195	21	34	31	2	0	33
Macetown IrlPar	1,991	374	298	114	110	224	61	52	45	0	0	45
Monktown IrlPar	1,870	460	381	139	118	257	74	65	48	2	0	50
Rathfeigh IrlPar	2,888	301	258	124	105	229	50	50	37	3	0	40
Skreen IrlPar	4,522	1,156	873	348	365	713	209	174	146	6	1	153
Staffordstown IrlPar	617	81	51	25	23	48	11	9	8	0	0	8
Tara IrlPar	3,364	586	422	195	189	384	106	74	67	5	0	72
Templekeeran IrlPar	1,067	342	113	41	26	67	50	17	10	3	0	13
Timoole IrlPar	1,033	71	63	23	18	41	9	10	9	0	0	9

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within Skreen IrlBarony:

Rate	Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1841
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1851
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1861
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1861
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1861

Comments:

1	Parishes were often divided between different Baronies, and Baronies were sometimes divided between different Counties, but this reconstruction always lists the totals for whole Parishes or Baronies. The original table also sometimes lists separate counts for 'Towns' and the remainders of Parishes, but here again we list only Parish totals.
2	The original table lists areas in Acres, Rods and Perches, but they have been converted here into decimal acres.
3	The original table also includes Poor Law and General Valuations for each area.

This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.

The system can only hold statistics for units listed in our administrative gazetteer, so some rows from the original table may be missing. Sometimes big low-level units, like urban parishes, were divided between more than one higher-level units, like Registration sub-Districts. This is why some pages will give a higher figure for a lower-level unit: it covers the whole of the lower-level unit, not just the part within the current higher-level unit.